UKNM: Usability and design...

[Simon Stokes]

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Stewart Dean - SDeanscient [dot] com wrote....

[Sam says: changed subject to make it more relevant]


>>> Usability is subjective.


>Wrong. Usability is a science. .....[cut]

>At it stands the vast majority of companies never do this (we do). [cut].

As it stands visual design is far

>easier to see and reproduce than usabilility and interactivity design. If

>you get the elements of usability right they become invisible.

>


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"Visual design is far easier to see" than usuability which can be

"invisible"??!!  

Sorry Stewart could resist that - a bit harsh as I actually agree with what

you're saying.


Good design is about being able to use things well.  To quote some people I

admire....

"Design is where industry and culture meet (some would say collide!) and

where engineering and art must coexist."  

(see http://www.apple.com/applemasters/spowell/) 


Too often design is taken to mean imagery, when it should be about ability

to do its job whilst appealing to your emotions....e.g. the Post-It (ugly

but who cares) (and definitely not flash e-commerce sites...unless you're

selling flash graphical design!).  Back to Richard Seymour...."There's only

one thing worse than bad design, and that's bad design posing as good

design...wackiness masquerading as originality." 

enuf?


Simon Stokes

stokesybigfoot [dot] com

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